It's a Boy!

[frankykeno]

Well I've been noticing these rather obvious white spurlike things at either side of Sprocket the Cresties tail and today when I had him out...lo and behold...he's got a set of cresticles down there! Awww the little fella is growing up!

I'll get some pics of him soon. I'm so NOT taking butt end pics though LOL

Quick question. I've been thinking of getting Sprocket a buddy. Now that he's a maturing male should I definitely get a female or would another male be okay as long as there's no females around and it's his size or smaller? Should I chance an unsexed youngster in there with him? How aggressive are Cresties to each other? I cannot imagine Sprocket being aggressive since he's a pretty laid back fella for a Crested Gecko but heck who needs to break up a lizard fight!

[4theSNAKElady]

"Cresticles"?......I love it!!!

[frankykeno]

"Cresticles"?......I love it!!!

I can't take credit for that term. Jeanne, our esteemed Admin, calls them that and it just cracks me up too!

[Rapture]

So are we talking Cresteds or Leo's? I thought Leo's when I saw which forum this is in, but are we really talking Cresteds? I have female Leo's available, but no Cresteds...

[tigerlily]

We're talking Crested's, not Leos. (I moved it to the right place)

I think it was the name. Sprocket is a much better boy name. As for housing multiples together, if you put a boy and girl together you will get eggs! I believe it's ok to house two of the same gender together as long as you have adequate space. I would worry about housing an adult and a juvi together though. I'm sure Emily will have a better idea about the housing.

[mlededee]

congrats to sprocket on his manhood . just a little fyi--both males and females have spurs--similarly to ball pythons. sometimes males have slightly larger spurs but it isn't always noticeably so.

the only time i house males together is if they are clutchmates and have been housed together since birth. once they reach between 6-9 months i separate them to avoid any fighting or other male dominance issues. some people have had success housing males together in large enclosures with lots of hiding places and adequate space for each gecko. i haven't tried it myself, but wouldn't say it can't or shouldn't be done since some have had success with it.

like christie said, if you put a female in with a male you will get eggs. if you want eggs then go for it, but make sure that you get a female of adequate size and age (minimum of 35 grams and 1 year old) and that she and your male are similar in size.

any time you house cresteds together they should be of similar size. a larger crested will dominate a smaller crested which will stress it and cause it not to grow and possibly become sickly. this isn't anything that the larger gecko does on purpose, but being larger it will get food faster and get more of it, it will always get the "good" hiding spot or the preferred branch or whatever, and the smaller one will suffer because of it.

[frankykeno]

Yep I was pretty sure the spurs meant about the same as with BP's but the noticeable bulge was a dead give away LOL. Thanks for all the advice about housing multiple Cresties. I'm not sure what direction I'll go at this point but it's good to be thinking ahead and getting my ducks all in a row.